The five rats of Nanhe are all martial artists in the Hidden Yuan Realm, and their bandit leaders are flying rats, and their martial arts are close to the Dongming Realm.

Xu Shangcheng kept thinking back to Zhou Yuansi and the description of last night's fire by the villagers in Zhoujiazhuang, and he actually had a secret decision in his heart.

Regardless of whether only three of the five rats have appeared, and whether they are true or not, they are all fighting fires and saving people, so how can a group of bandits who have wandered around the village before, but have never harmed people's lives, suddenly become evil and want to enter the village to kill people and set fires.

No matter how you think about it, this logic is not very smooth.

But it was precisely because of the suspicion that the five rats were listed as a great suspicion, so Xu Shangcheng had to give priority to finding the five rats at this time, and they were the only breakthrough in this mission.

It's just that Xu Shangcheng, who has lived for thousands of years, still kept an eye on it before leaving, and he used the excuse that he had not explained some of the commissions to the farmer who had sent the letter before, so he bought himself some time for free activities.

"In this way, the eldest son and the second son of the Zhou Feng family who caught fire are all practicing martial arts in Sammyeongdong, and it is the youngest son in the family who died this time......"

Xu Shangcheng squatted in the backyard of the fruit farmer who had delivered the letter before, holding a cup made of bamboo tubes, and talking thoughtfully.

"Zhou Feng's family has suffered for several generations, and finally looked forward to the eldest and the second child fighting, originally waiting for the eldest and the second child to come back, maybe the clan elders will have their place, alas, God doesn't open his eyes."

The fruit farmer with a dry tobacco in his mouth looked regretful, and his emotions were quite complicated between his words.

All the envy before has now been burned out by a fire, and the rest is indescribable whether it is schadenfreude or sincere regret.

Of course, Xu Shangcheng didn't say anything, but he was a little shocked that such a complex emotional expression of this fruit farmer could be simulated by AI vividly, which made him sigh again at the power of technology.

Even after thousands of years of glorious cultivation in the world, but once again in contact with the world supported by science and technology, Xu Shangcheng's deep confidence in science has been re-established.

"Give the earth another two thousand years, at least it can be compared to the level of the Immortal Domain, the development of the scientific and technological side is terrifying......"

Xu Shangcheng said silently in his heart, and then he said goodbye to the fruit farmer, he had a hint of thought in his heart, and he still had to find the five rats to determine the truth of the matter.

Coming to the entrance of the village on the north side of Zhoujiazhuang, more than a dozen young adults of the Zhoujiazhuang guards, under the leadership of Zhou Wannian, have assembled and waited for Xu Shangcheng to set off together.

In this mission, in fact, it is more reasonable to have three to five players involved, after all, the five rats are all martial artists in the Hidden Yuan Realm, and the Zhoujiazhuang guards are just farmers with more strength, and if they really fight with the five rats, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

But Xu Shangcheng was full of confidence, he believed that in the current level of force, even if he was a martial artist at the peak of the Cave Ming Realm, he was just a little more inner than himself, and he would definitely be able to use his swordsmanship to kill a few people under the sword.

With the help of his title of "Heavenly Sword", Zhoujiazhuang, a group of farmers who do not know much about the rivers and lakes, naturally handed over the task of arrest to Xu Shangcheng, an outsider, to complete it for the time being.

Zhoujiazhuang's guards led Xu Shangcheng to search for their traces in the place where the five rats would appear on weekdays.

It's a pity, as Xu Shangcheng expected, something happened in the village, since the five rats can appear in the village, there must be channels to know the information, a group of people came out so clearly, if they still think that they are not looking for them, then the five rats are probably really a little stupid.

Of course, the five people who could wander around an area for months without being caught by the yamen naturally couldn't be found so easily, but Xu Shangcheng had other plans.

Since he had some friendship with the fruit farmer in the village, he entrusted the fruit farmer to quietly go out to find the five rats.

This fruit farmer maintains the peach orchard in the mountains all the year round, and is naturally familiar with the mountains, Xu Shangcheng and the guards are searching on the side, and the five rats often move in Nanhe, sandwiched between Zhoujiazhuang and Zizhou City.

Thinking about it this way, the only area they can run away from is to drill into the peach orchard on the east or west side.

After the fruit farmer entered the mountain, Xu Shangcheng asked him to only look for anything abnormal, not to startle the snake, and at the same time, he was afraid that the five rats would really break out and hurt people.

After weighing the fruit farmer, under the temptation of Xu Shangcheng's "heavy money", he was also willing to try it in the mountains, after all, he only went to the mountains to do farm work, and when there was danger, he ran first.

After half a day of searching, Xu Shangcheng and the guards had already walked along the Nanhe River, but they found nothing at all, and the fruit farmer, who was mainly doing farm work in the orchard on the west side, also said that there was nothing abnormal after meeting Xu Shangcheng in the afternoon.

Then there is only the orchard on the east side, and there is still a search to be made.

Xu Shangcheng secretly thought in his heart, but now he wants to take everyone back to the village first.

When they were about to arrive in Zhuangzhong, Xu Shangcheng and others met Zhou Yuansi who was waiting in Zhuangkou.

Xu Shangcheng said in the foreword that today's search was fruitless, and everyone was physically and mentally exhausted, so they could only come back tomorrow, and Xu Shangcheng also said that he would return to Zizhou City today for the time being, and bring some helpers to search for it tomorrow.

When Zhou Yuansi heard that there were more martial arts people coming tomorrow, he couldn't help but show a little smile on his face, so he hurriedly asked Xu Shangcheng to go back and have a good rest.

Before leaving, Xu Shangcheng quietly gave the fruit farmer a look, then turned around and left, without stopping.

Until he couldn't see the people in Zhoujiazhuang anymore, Xu Shangcheng looked back, stared at the direction of Zhoujiazhuang with a dark and uncertain look, and then immediately found another path, no longer walking in the direction of Zizhou City, but plunged into the peach orchard of Zhoujiazhuang on the east side.

That's right, Xu Shangcheng is now going to find the five rats of Nanhe single-handedly.

Xu Shangcheng is not a cold-blooded person, he also knows that let the fruit farmer go to find the five rats, if the five rats are really some kind of vicious people, the fruit farmer will inevitably encounter accidents when he finds the traces of others.

Of course, the fruit farmers are not stupid, so Xu Shangcheng took advantage of this matter to ask the fruit farmers to call more companions, make a big fanfare, and go to an orchard together.

Naturally, in order to avoid being discovered, the five rats that were wandering out could only escape into the Taoyuan mountain forest on the other side.

However, since the five rats were able to quietly appear in Zhoujiazhuang last night, then they must have a way out, and that is the most dangerous place, the safest place.

There is a certain possibility that the five rats of Nanhe will hide back in the village after knowing that everyone is going out to look for them, and only wait for the guards to return and Xu Shangcheng will not stay in the village, so they can wait for the turmoil to pass, and then continue to live happily.

Xu Shangcheng actually thinks that the possibility is not small, but he has to first minimize the probability of the five rats hiding in the periphery.

Besides, Xu Shangcheng appeared alone, and the five rats would definitely not be as scared as they were when they saw a group of people coming to hunt them down, so there was the possibility of appearing for a conversation.

Xu Shangcheng held the Qingfeng long sword in his hand and kept walking through the peach forest and mountains, according to the description of the fruit farmer, he went to several places where he could encounter the five rats every day, and carefully searched for their traces.

It's a pity that Xu Shangcheng, who can only rely on manpower to search, is still a little too time-consuming and laborious.

Xu Shangcheng, who searched several times to no avail, began to miss the happy days when he used his spiritual power to cross the Taiyuan world.

"If buddy has Lingqi by his side now, and then opens his sense, can he still find you nameless rats?"

Xu Shangcheng muttered in his mouth, after rummaging through the search, he was naturally a little irritable.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xu Shangcheng, who was unwilling to give a whole day to this task, was ready to go to Niushan again to find the trouble of those wild boars.

Anyway, the entrustment of wild boar skin and meat is already a daily task, which will be refreshed every day, and there is no limit to the number of people who can take it, so Xu Shangcheng has to go to him every day.

Xu Shangcheng, who was about to put away his sword and continue to hurry, was in a bush surrounded by several peach trees, so the people who came from the other side of the path generally couldn't see Xu Shangcheng who was crouching under the tree.

And the few people who happened to come slowly from the path happened to be talking to each other, without the slightest intention of looking at Xu Shangcheng's hiding place.

"Big brother, did you say that those people in Zhoujiazhuang are fishing, send us some sweetness first, but the box is a fire, burning your own Zhuangzi, such a bad incident is planted on our Nanhe Five Heroes, how will we be people in the future?"

A shrill male voice sounded in the forest, and just listening to the voice, you could think that this person should be the appearance of a sharp-beaked monkey's gills.

When Xu Shangcheng first heard this person speak, he was not very alert, and even wanted to go out with such a swagger.

But Xu Shangcheng, who had just wanted to get up, immediately stopped his body the moment he heard the words "Nanhe Five Heroes", supplemented by Yu Qing's sword steps, and stabilized himself in place.

That's right, this "Nanhe Five Heroes" is the self-proclaimed name of the five rats, Xu Shangcheng heard this statement, not only complained a little: "You said that you have robbed the villagers on the surface, and you also said that you are the five heroes, I am afraid that you have not experienced the beating of the rivers and lakes." ”

It's just that for now, Xu Shangcheng can't make a move immediately, he wants to see what the next five people will talk about.

After the screaming man finished complaining, a slightly calmer thick male voice began to say: "Fourth, don't worry, when this time passes, we will find money in another place, they have now decided that we are killing people and setting fires, so what can be done!" ”

Hearing this, Xu Shangcheng's heart moved slightly, it seems that it is really not the ruthlessness of these five rats to Zhoujiazhuang.

Then, before Xu Shangcheng could make a move, suddenly a slightly younger, but obviously more energetic male voice moved in the direction of Xu Shangcheng and said loudly: "This friend, if you want to listen to the conversation of our brothers, it is just that the light is coming out, why be sneaky!" ”

Xu Shangcheng didn't know for a while whether the other party really found out about him, or just a trick, and suddenly held his breath and didn't make any more moves.

The owner of the young voice, after seeing this, did not move at all, and called out that the brothers left like this, but the body was quietly approaching, but it suddenly burst out, and instantly attacked the bush where Xu Shangcheng was hiding.

"Come out for the master!"

The young man made a hand with a soft shout, holding a short-handled steel fork in his hand, and there was a faint sound of breaking the air.

"!"

Xu Shangcheng saw that this person really found out where he was, and scolded in his heart, and no longer hiding, he directly drew his sword to greet him!